IT WAS more than about building properties for the winners of the fourth StarProperty.my Awards 2019 as they walked away with trophies, including for six new categories introduced this year.

This year’s awards saw a total of 24 categories with 45 entries on projects contested, including new categories like The WOW Award (Public Building), The Luxury Series Award, The Big Heart Award, The Art of Life Award and The Creative Touch City Hotel Awards.

The categories covered various aspects in the region’s property industry, encompassing not only infrastructure and aesthetic excellence, but also sustainability and integrated developments.

Wong (right) presenting the Luxury Series Award – The Best Luxury Development (Bungalow Residence) to Horizon Hills Sdn Bhd general manager Jim Woon.

Horizon Hills Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Gamuda Land Bhd, won two awards, the Excellence award for The Best Health and Wellness Development and new category The Luxury Series Award – Best Luxury Development (Bungalow Residence), for its Horizon Hills project.

“At Gamuda Land, our vision as a responsible town-maker is to create places that people will call home, want to be a part of, grow up and grow old in.

“Key to this is mindful planning to create a sustainable community in townships that stand the test of time.

“To achieve this, we are driven by our values and development principles in all that we do.

“By respecting nature and planning our towns with our community in mind, we are able to look into even the smaller details which will eventually benefit the community.

“Continuous innovation allows us greater efficiency and to work in a more sustainable manner to improve quality and reduce waste,” he said.

Mah Sing corporate communication executive Emilia Mok (left) and Mah Sing internal audit executive Paris Ng having a look at a coffee-table book which is a compilation of outstanding projects by award-winning developments in StarProperty.my Awards 2019.

For its charitable programmes, Mah Sing Group Bhd was awarded The Big Heart Award (Best Corporate Social Responsibility).

Mah Sing group strategy and operations director Jane Leong said they focused their efforts on three key pillars – education, health and well-being as well as community development.

“Anything we do must be sustainable and measurable. One of these is entrepreneurship training targeted at the B40 group.

“Through this programme, they can make a living in a more sustainable way instead of having to rely on outside help,” she said.

The Creative Touch City Hotel Award was introduced to acknowledge and celebrate the best interior design for hotel development.

The award had two subcategories – Timeless and Contemporary.

Four Seasons Hotel Kuala Lumpur took home the award for Excellence in Creative Touch City Hotel Award (Timeless), while Tropicana Corporation Bhd won the Creative Touch City Hotel Award (Contemporary) for its hotel, W Kuala Lumpur.

“Four Seasons is fortunate enough to have beautiful interiors by our design partners AB Concepts out of Hong Kong and Wilson Associates from the United States,” he said.

Four Seasons Hotel Kuala Lumpur senior marketing director Nelson Hilton (centre), sales manager Melissa Teo (fifth from left), Elvira Chelebiyeva (fifth from right) and the team are all smiles as the hotel was awarded Creative Touch City Hotel Award (Timeless) for the best interior design for hotel development.

The inaugural WOW Award (Public Building) was awarded to Johor Land Bhd for its Sultan Iskandar mosque project.

The Art of Life Award (Best Lifestyle Development) was awarded to Binastra Land Sdn Bhd for its Trion @ KL project.

Organised by StarProperty Sdn Bhd, the event was aimed at recognising developers that made significant impact on the growth of the property industry while recognising the growing need for sustainable development and social consciousness.